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Some quick Alpha rankings to herd everybody back to the forums in anticipation of the regular season approaching:


#1 - Chernobyl Disaster. Lost in the Alpha Championship game last season and returns with roster intact, plus a couple of upgrades. Look for them to continue to be competitive and lead the charge for Alpha.

#2 - Krakow Krakodiles. Came on late last season and further improved with some boosting. Looks to have brought on a couple of FAs and are right back in contention for the title this year. I doubt Krakow gets off to as bad of a start in Season 5.

#3 - East Berlin. Key offseason aquisitions have moved an already contending up a bit. They will be much stronger this season.

#4 - The Dark Knights. Last season, the DKs had a good team, but couldn't find consistency. It looks like they've added a couple of players, and are right back to being a good preseason favorite. Perhaps they can clean things up and win games against quality opponents this season.

#5 - Diaper Vipers (?!). That's right. I'm moving the Vipers up to the #5 spot in my power rankings. Lots of offseason work have resulted in a much better team for season 5. They might be like Krakow of last season and start to roll at mid-season.

#6 - Romania Roadhouse Rowdies. Sorry Rybread . You guys are sort of like the Athens Gods of Alpha. You look to have a couple of levels disadvantage, but will probably win some of those games on planning alone.

#7 - Rotterdam Rampage. Yeah, I should proabably have them higher up the list just out of respect for last season, but I'm a little confused by the roster and money situation. On paper, they don't look better than the teams above them.

#8 - Liverpool Poison. Right back at the #8 spot, where they finished last season and edged in to the playoffs. Lets see how the Poison respond this season.

#9 - MN Warriors. The Warriors seem to have a roster on par with some of the teams that I've ranked 5-8. Another team to watch out for, and could play spoiler (or better) in the coming weeks.

#10 - Nizhny Novgorod Bulldogs. The Bulldogs will need to take the next step this season and get a quality win over a respected opponent. They are fielding a respectable roster, but appear to need a bit more.

#11 - Chernobyl CHUDS. There roster is coming along, and I think they can get a couple more wins this season. They'll need more help than that to drastically improve.

#12 - Minsk Fire. I'll include them here because it looks like they are recruiting to fill the roster and improve it. Right now, they are still lacking some pieces.

#13 - Grodno Pirates. Level advantage or not, I don't see them doing much damage unless they decide to allocate those SPs. At that point, they'd go straight up to the top of the rankings...until then, they are at the bottom.

Red Army, Cheeseheads, and Texas City are all tied for "trying to put together a roster" and unfortunately look like easy victories at this point.

Don't rank East Berlin so high....we like flying under the radar

what about Zeta?

Originally posted by Dryzzt23
Don't rank East Berlin so high....we like flying under the radar

Riiiiight. I'd probably put you guys ahead of Krakow at #2 just based on players, but they earned it with their late run last season.

Schedules are now out..

And we Draw Brown Bay..


Anyways, thanks for doing this Barnsie. It really makes GLB so much better! And thank you for the #2 pre-rank. We lost A LOT of players and worked hard to fill our roster. Hopefully we can compete in this tough league. =)

And what happened to the Red Army? Wow.

good luck to you, and good luck to Chernobyl Disaster, it's the third time since we had been in the league.

Originally posted by jimmy1985
good luck to you, and good luck to Chernobyl Disaster, it's the third time since we had been in the league.

I'm beginning to feel a bit of a rivalry here. It's too bad none of our games have actually counted, because then we could have at least known that we went in to it with a plan to win. Nonetheless, I'm glad we drew you guys again. It will be a great chance to test ourselves early.

Hey Barnsie, you are just hoping Since when have we worried about a level disadvantage. Levels mean nothing next to good builds.

Originally posted by Rybread
Hey Barnsie, you are just hoping Since when have we worried about a level disadvantage. Levels mean nothing next to good builds.

Preach on. I certainly buy in to that.

I won't be overlooking the Rowdies this season, believe me.

So Barnsie, now that the Rowdies have done some boosting, you might want to reconsider those rankings. I'm not sure I see the level disadvantage you speak of.

Originally posted by Rybread
So Barnsie, now that the Rowdies have done some boosting, you might want to reconsider those rankings. I'm not sure I see the level disadvantage you speak of.

That's why they are PREseason rankings. We'll get some updated ones out to reflect you jerks that boosted

Alpha Power Rankings - by the numbers (my numbers)

Barnsie did and excellent job with his and I just wanted to fill everyone in on what my formulas are producing as of now. I'm not going to post predictions until real games start (since so many experiments happen in scrims). So, here's your fill until week 1.

Alpha Power Rankings:

44.83 Chernobyl Disaster
44.55 East Berlin Blitzkrieg
44.49 Krakow Krakodiles
43.69 The Dark Knights
42.40 Romania Roadhouse Rowdies
41.43 Rotterdam Rampage
40.40 Liverpool Poison
40.39 Nizhny Novgorod Bulldogs
37.82 Diaper Vipers
35.05 Minnesota Warriors
33.92 Minsk Fire
32.90 Chernobyl CHUDS
28.48 Green Bay Cheese Heads
26.39 Texas City Storm
26.08 Grodno Pirates
13.22 Moscow Red Army


Also, I'll go ahead and announce a new item I will be posting: Coach Ratings. I'll probably start in week 3, after getting some good data. Basically, it will rank coaches based on how they do against my predictions. (Win big when predicted to be close = good, eek out a win when predicted to win big = bad, etc.) When all is said and done, a number comes out. I started these the last few weeks of last season, but didn't post them. Here's a taste of how it looks (top 5 from last season):

8.73 Chernobyl Disaster
8.20 Sparta Battle Chickens
8.12 Romania Roadhouse Rowdies
6.37 Spanish Inquisition
6.09 Athens Gods

It's great having the guy that does the predictions also on my team. No bias at all .

I'll be watching.....